Status Update

I am sitting here, deep in woods, with no traffic, no horns, no tv news, no murmur, no noise. Just dense green woods, road patch, a cycle riding uphill, and a lot of wind + birds.

Trying to be original :p

Thinking — where did I go wrong growing up. Why do I find this immense pleasure now, after all these years. Why did I not know all my teenage / growing up years — happiness lies here; in nature, silence, clear head, slow walk, easy simple things.

It did not lie in “hard work”. It lies in “passion-crazy-awesome” works.

Friends, listen…

If you are studying hard for your next exams, stop. If it is for next rank, stop. If it is for escaping Pakistan, stop. If it is for your kids, stop. Anything you are doing today for “future”, can be wrong. It can “not help” you.

Things that are putting your mental health / contentment / dreams at risk are “trash” activities. These are crisis handling. An image protection. A peer pressure. A long hard struggle with no reward.

Instead — find this place (a silent calm room temperature place), sharpen your pencil, draw your plan. Last time you smoked, because it was anxiety, a trigger, a gathering, a crowded place. Not because you are an addict. Because, you “gave in” to pressure. Draw / think / plan - how do you beat the trigger again. One win is one step closer to freedom. Last time you fell, why, how, where did you go wrong. Identify the root - pull it out - plant a happy seed back. Last time you did not write good article, made good video, create a good post — where did you go wrong - identify - pull the weed - plan the correct defence. Last time you did a mistake - next how you do not repeat it again.

Imagine, if you just stop repeating the same mistake again — where do you reach?

Islamabad? No.

You reach a rich spot. You find right kind of formulas that work for you. A self aware, happy person, who is in control.

Now compare,

Living a life according to your own formula with Living according to someone else’s formula.

What do you enjoy more?

Waking up to a feeling - you are walk the talk - in sync with your dreams - cruising to your goals - protecting your values,

or

Experiencing abuses / controlling crises / repairing others’ damages - all because you are walking the plans your peers drew for you.

Seriously, most foreign plans are flawed. They lead you to broken character joint smoking lazy head pushing into the wall.

We break when we give in. We submit to the pressure. We lose character, intact soul, clarity of mind, sleep, relationships and our precious dreams.

I know it is hard with meagre finances, more responsibility, lesser opportunity. It is tough to break out of the deadlock. But It is hard to live in slavery too. It is hard to enjoy life with so many instructions, orders, problems. It is “suffocating” to stay here and do not gather “will” to change.

Freedom awaits us friends, we only need to draw our life’s master plan, make mends, fall, win some, and break out. Yep, just that - a small step everyday towards the door.